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00:00Syria's armed forces are preparing a counter-offensive after rebel forces took over large parts of
00:07Aleppo.
00:09Thessaloniki, Greece's second largest city, gets a new metro whose first construction
00:16began about 38 years ago.
00:20Syria's armed forces confirmed on Saturday that rebel troops managed to take over large
00:25parts of Aleppo, killing dozens of soldiers, and is preparing for a counter-attack.
00:31In a major setback for President Assad, thousands of Syrian insurgents broke through government
00:36defense lines in Aleppo on Friday, facing little resistance from government troops.
00:41The surprise attack was led by Islamist rebels, jolting the front lines of the Syrian civil
00:46war that began in 2011.
00:49It was the first time government troops battled rebels in Syria's largest city since 2016,
00:55when President Assad regained control of the city.
00:58The insurgents entered Aleppo's western neighborhood after taking control of dozens of villages
01:03south of the city since Wednesday.
01:06They were seen tearing down posters of Assad, stepping on some and burning others.
01:11Friday's push into Aleppo followed weeks of low-level violence, including government attacks
01:16on opposition-held areas.
01:22Dozens of people have protested for a second night against the Georgian government's decision
01:27to suspend European Union accession negotiations.
01:31Protesters swarmed the parliament in the capital, Tbilisi, with some trying to break the metal
01:35gates to the building.
01:37Riot police used tear gas and pepper spray to push protesters back.
01:42That elicited an angry response from the country's pro-EU president, Salome Zubishvili, who called
01:47it Russian-style repression in a post on X.
01:51The ruling Georgian Dream's victory in October's election sparked massive demonstrations, with
01:56the opposition claiming the vote was rigged.
01:59That led EU lawmakers to press for a rerun under international supervision.
02:04But Georgia's Prime Minister Irakli Kobachidze hit back, accusing the EU of blackmail and
02:09suspended accession talks until 2028.
02:12The EU granted Georgia candidate country status in December 2023.
02:24Chancellor Scholz's Social Democrat party kicked off the election campaign on Saturday
02:29with a so-called victory conference.
02:32With only 85 days remaining until Germany's snap elections, Scholz positioned the SPD
02:36as the only party for the people and heavily criticized the CDU, who are currently leading
02:41in the polls.
02:42The Chancellor promised to protect jobs and distance Germany from the EU regarding electric
02:47vehicles and urged negotiations with China over tariffs.
02:51Whilst the mood amongst SPD members was jubilant, Defence Minister Pistorius was not at the
02:56conference.
02:57Despite the party's social media team coming under fire for its aggressive campaign, it
03:02seems that the party has now gone on the offensive in a bid to hold on to votes, with the CDU
03:08and AfD parties leading in Germany's latest polls.
03:13Liv Stroud, in Berlin, for Euronews.
03:20A new metro's first construction began about 38 years ago has been inaugurated in Thessaloniki,
03:26Greece's second-largest city.
03:28The 9.6-kilometre inaugural line, using driverless trains across 13 stations, was officially
03:35opened on Saturday by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
03:40The Greek officials say the public will be able to use the metro for four days completely
04:08free of charge.
04:10The Thessaloniki metro was first conceived more than a century ago and the first terminal
04:15was dug in 1986.
04:23The European Commission has approved a package proposed for the German flag carrier Lufthansa
04:28to acquire a minority stake in Italy's ITA Airways.
04:32Lufthansa won EU antitrust approval in July to buy 41% of state-owned ITA.
04:39The deal is worth €325 million and is aimed at boosting the Italian airline's presence
04:44in the lucrative southern European market.
04:47The Italian economy ministry had to commit to allow competitors such as EasyJet to operate
04:52more routes from Italy.